Emily has 25 years’ experience in the food and farming sector. She originally qualified as a lawyer before undertaking an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture. Her career has taken her from family business to global PLC, with time spent in Brussels and across the UK. Emily is the founder of Farm Foresight Ltd, a strategic advisory service for the land management sector, working with farmers, investors, politicians and businesses on rural policy and emerging trends. She has expertise in natural capital influences on land, food and farming. Emily holds non-executive board positions at Soil Association Exchange, the Environmental Markets Board and for the Duchy of Cornwall. She is a member of the national policy committee of the Country Land and Business Association and is a trustee at the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association. She writes a regular opinion column in the Farmers Weekly and lives and farms in Norfolk.